Jonathan Rea is having to come to terms with a new 'reality' after finishing a distant third in all three WorldSBK races last weekend at Portimao:
Rea headed to the Algarve hoping to end a winless streak dating back to May's Estoril round, but instead found himself beaten by title rivals Alvaro Bautista and Toprak Razgatlioglu in all three races at Portimao.
He ended up three seconds adrift of winner Razgatlioglu in the opening race, which ran over 14 laps, and almost five seconds down on Bautista in Race 2 on Sunday afternoon. "I also saw the urgency of Toprak to try to disrupt Alvaro’s rhythm a little bit. That was just keeping me in the fight but as soon as he got some clear track that was him gone.
"Riding in the 1m40s and low 1m41s all race distance is really testament to how much World Superbike has stepped up. Good to be part of that battle, a shame I wasn’t a little bit closer.”
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